johnny-on-the-spot-of-wealth

Updated: May 18, 2025

They called me Rube, and Johnny-on-the-spot-of-wealth, and Shekels, and a heap of other things. But I didn't mind. Still, next time I'll send my money by one of those commissioner fellows. To-day I couldn't risk it." "What makes you so suddenly avaricious, Billy?" Allys asked. "Last summer you cared less for money than anything. There must be a reason tell me, does it wear frocks?"

Various - Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905